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Well I'd be lying if I said I didn't know how you feel...
*Ahem*
Both programmers I've had on the team are both really big LoL fans, so it can be quite the distraction for them...
Here's a word of advice:
If you know them in real life, then good luck trying to get off playing LoL, especially if they're addicted.
If they're someone you only known through online job application though...try negotiating. I wouldn't fully recommend this strategy though, as the programmer is crucial to the progress of any game. If they leave, boy, the developer's in trouble.

 

Have any idea to force him to do his job? Like say, threatening? It might be a bit mean, but it could be worth a try.

 

because threatening is always the right way to go about doing something, of course! ^_^

Especially if it means one less person playing LoL. That's always a plus.
On a more serious note, you've obviously poured lots of effort into thinking of this game, so try to explain to him that it's important to you, and that it's fun, and make up some stuff about how you'll both be rich and famous or something. Should work out.

Wow I'm bad at being serious.

 

Yeah, I'd say that's more than a start!

good to hear the project should be getting up to speed, I'm looking forward to the latest update that may occur. Good luck!

PS: I'm still curious as to which python libraries he's using, so if you could tell me that'd be great.

 

Hey! So I'm the programmer of the game, I'm still learning some languages but I am going to be most fluent in Visual Basic for a while. I am a League of legends addict so that will probably get in the way a bit XD. I have not had the chance to mess around with python yet, but I have gotten some recommendations to check it out. I know I'm not the best person for this job, but it would be a nice challenge and it will give me something to do XD. I just made an account on the forums here but I'll try to be active to answer any programming questions to the best of my ability.

~Bio

 

Welcome, along with Halien too, both of you seem to be very capable developers.
So I see you have teemotis...
Good luck with the programming by the way!

 

Now why would I do that? He is my friend, after all.

Uhh... I guess "threaten" was too harsh of a word. .~.

What I meant was basically what MrLog said. Sorry, maybe it's because I'm used to friends who "joke" around with me.

Anyways, I'm quite eager to see how the game will turn out.

 

This looks very promising. I like a lot of the ideas you've put forth, like the post-game and alternate music styles. I hope it doesn't get cancelled like everything else that's ever been put on this forum that doesn't suck. Good luck. Also, Echo, Harmony, Noize? Is this going to be like in Mega Man, and everything is going to relate to sound, or just like in Cave Story with the two main characters?

 

Also, Echo, Harmony, Noize? Is this going to be like in Mega Man, and everything is going to relate to sound, or just like in Cave Story with the two main characters?

In what way do things in mega man relate to sound? I'm not exactly the most keen megaman addict ever, but I never noticed anything like that before...

And also, hiya programming guy!
Since you're fluent in basic now, I think python will be a step down in difficulty (although that is my own opinion I guess...) I had a go at basic briefly, and I think that it's a little harder than python. There'll still be some stuff to get used to though, I guess.

Also, this:
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1260108/start-with-pyglet-or-pygame
since I'm assuming you're gonna want to do graphics & sounds in your game (duh) and these are the best two libraries out there.

 

In what way do things in mega man relate to sound? I'm not exactly the most keen megaman addict ever, but I never noticed anything like that before...

A lot of characters, at least in the classic series, have musically themed names. There's Rock/Rockman(Mega Man) and Roll, Blues/Proto Man, Bass, Treble, Beat, Duo(?), Tango, and maybe some others I've forgotten.

 

A lot of characters, at least in the classic series, have musically themed names. There's Rock/Rockman(Mega Man) and Roll, Blues/Proto Man, Bass, Treble, Beat, Duo(?), Tango, and maybe some others I've forgotten.

oh, okay. I don't recognise some of those, but it's good to know anyway x)

 

Well I talked to some people and they said Python would be the best idea for a game with a sidescrolling background. I'm pretty good at picking things up relatively quickly so it shouldn't take too long before I can come up with something XD

 

Wouldn't it make more sense to put the pictures in the post you just made? Anyway, I don't have much to say except for...
They look like drums. Drums with pies on top of them. That is the only observation I can make from this. Not good, or bad, just pie drums.

 

Fuck god damn those gels are adorable

 

Yeah, they're great. I love that you decided to make them not drippy.

 

So I'm guessing the Gels run off the same basic lines of code as the Critters, and hell they even look similar in appearance.
But hey, they sure are adorable.
Don't judge me-
The Luminaries remind me of Ballos interms of design for some reason, it could be the round and flat head, combined with spiritual-ish-looking robes, and also the singular eye that Ballos has on his.
And Luminarie is a combination of Luminous and Fairy, so I take they're basically, light faries?

 

hey, are those sprites youre using in your signature placeholders?




because if you do plan making a full-on original game, its not a good idea to take assets from cave story. the main character is basically an edit of quote and grasstown/bushlands tiles are being used.

 

Now I voted for full orchestra in your poll but I want to make it clear that I mean a real orchestra, not a bunch of samples playing notes with no emotion. If you're going to do that, go with 16-bit instead.

 

If you have a working engine, even a very short demo or a debug room would be neat to see. Then again, I likely wouldn't be able to play it because of my lack of a computer, so take what I think with a grain of salt. -w-

 

I think that the music's actually pretty awesome, but it needs some kind of louder part to it, where the tension gets released. At the moment the tension keeps building up, until it eventually gets too repetitive and loses the build up. I liked it while the tension was building up though!